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LASER MOVABLE TARGET POSITIONING APPARATUS July 7, 1970 2 Sheets-Sheet 1Filed Nov. 6. 1967 A v n l Berg INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY July 7, 1970 A. 1.. BERG LASER MOVABLE TARGET POSITIONINGAPPARATUS Filed Nov. 6. 1967 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mild m -wwim Alvin l ,Berg

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ATTORNEY United States Patent O 3,519,359 LASER MOVABLE TARGETPOSITIONING APPARATUS Alvin L. Berg, Thousand Oaks, Califl, assignor toTRW Inc., Redondo Beach Calif., a corporation of Ohio Filed Nov. 6,1967, Ser. No. 680,700 Int. Cl. G01b 11/26 US. Cl. 356-172 4 ClaimsABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention relates to apparatus formovably positioning a target onto various selectable portions of whichit is desired to impinge a focused laser beam. The apparatus finds use,for example, in trimming thin film cermet resistors formed inmicroelectronic circuits and devices where it is desired to move thelaser beam along a thin film strip resistor in order to adjust theresistance value thereof. Similarly, the apparatus is useful in anyapplication where it is desired to controllably micromanipulate a targetwith respect to a fixed position focused laser beam. The optical pathfrom the fixed position laser source to the movably supported target haspositioned therein a prism mounted on a solid opaque hinged plate insuch a fashion that when the plate mounted prism is in the viewingposition in the optical path, a light image from the target is divertedout of the optical path and into the viewing axis of a telemicroscope,the opaque plate serving to preclude any accidentaltransmission of laserlight into the telemicroscope. Next, along the optical path from thelaser to the movable target is a retractably mounted beam splittingmirror and means to illuminate it. Finally, a condensing lens ispositioned between the mirror and the target. The target is supported bya compound manipulator. In the first or viewing position of the prism,light from the illuminator is transmitted by the beam splitting mirrorto the target and is reflected back through the prism into the viewingaxis of the telemicroscope so that the operator may align any desiredportion of the target with a reticule determined point. In the second oroperative position of the hinged prism, the opaque plate mounting theprism is moved out of the optical path so that light from the lasersource is transmitted along the optical path to impinge the target atthe point previously selected by viewing through the reticule. Ofcourse, the apparatus is first calibrated by burning a point on a sampletarget with the laser and then adjusting the telemicroscope. Thereafter,the telemicroscope and the laser are left in fixed position with respectto each other and only the target is moved. The supporting means for thetarget is provided with an optical galvanometer comprising mirrorsmounted to the control knobs of the compound manipulator, a light sourceaimed at the mirrors, and a graduated indexed scale positioned toreceive the light reflected from the source by the mirror. Thearrangement is such that motion of the knob moves the mirror and hencethe image of the light source along the scale in such a fashion as toprovide a magnified measure of the extent of motion of the control knobso as that a precise measure of this motion is achieved. In operation,after the apparatus is calibrated, one first views the object such as astrip resistor to be irradiated and positions it with respect to thereticule noting the point on the scale at which it begins. The targetsupport is then moved to the end of the resistor and another notation ismade of the point on the scale at which the resistor ends. Next, theprism is moved out of the viewing position and into the operativeposition, the laser is turned on, and the motion previously determinedto be necessary is again executed in either the reverse or forwarddirection along the scale.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This invention disclosesapparatus suitable for carrying out the process disclosed and claimed inapplication Ser. No. 638,361 filed on May 15, 1967 by James L. Buieentitled, Semiconductor Product and Process of Mann facture Thereof andassigned to the same assignee as is the present application. 7

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention is in the field of preciseand controlled focusing of laser beams over an adjustable and selectablepattern. Apparatus is commercially available for using lasers formicrowelding and similar operations. As has been more fully set forth inthe above-noted application Ser. No. 638,361, such apparatus haspreviously been used to focus a laser beam to adjust resistance valuesby annealing thin film strip resistors in microcircuit devices. In boththe welding and resistor trimming applications, such laser poweredoptical apparatus has posed several problems. The laser beam used can beextremely damaging to the eye of the operator if unintended exposureoccurs. It is thus essential that an adequate safety precaution beprovided to preclude this. Such a safety precaution must be providedconsistently with the factors of economy, ease and precision ofadjustment and use of the apparatus, and flexibility, range andprecision of target movement.

It is an object of this invention to provide a movable targetpositioning apparatus for a laser beam which overcomes the above-notedproblems of the prior art.

It is a further object of this invention to provide such apparatusutilizing a hingedly mounted prism having an opaque supporting plate topreclude accidental exposure of the eye of the operator to laserradiation.

-It is a still further object of this invention to provide suchapparatus having an optical galvanometer arrangement to preciselymeasure the motion of the target relative to a fixed laser beam.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION These and other related objects and advantagesof the invention are achieved in a manner which will become apparentfrom the detailed description below. Briefly, however, they areachieved, as noted above, by providing an optical bench arrangementwherein the optical path from a fixed laser to a movably mounted targethas positioned therein a prism mounted on an opaque hinged plate in sucha fashion that in a first viewing position, the prism reflects a lightimage from the target into viewing axis of a telemicroscope foralignment with a reticule therein. In a second position, the prism ismoved out of the optical path so that light from the laser istransmitted to the target through a condensing lens to the point estab-'lished by the reticule. The arrangement is described in greater detailbelow in connection with the drawing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIG. 1a is a diagrammatic viewschematically illustrating the apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 1b is a diagrammatic view of the optical galvanometer.

FIG. 2 is an isometric view of an embodiment of the apparatus of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an isometric view of a typical microelectronic device targetdrawn to an enlarged scale.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a portion of the device of FIG. 3 showingresistors to be trimmed and is taken on the line 44 of FIG. 3.

3 DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Turning now to the drawings,there is shown in FIGS. 1a and 1b, a diagrammatic view of the apparatusof the present invention. A laser beam LB is generated by any suitablelaser source L having an appropriate power supply LPS which is providedwith the usual controls for the laser. The laser and much of theremaining apparatus is mounted on adjustable carriers. C1 and C2, to anoptical bench OB. The laser L and the method of mounting it are shown ingreater detail in FIG. 2. On the emergent beam side of the laser is aprism P which is mounted on an opaque plate which in turn is hinged to afloor plate of the telemicroscope TM. The support for the telemicroscopeand hinged prism arrangement is also provided by the optical bench via acarrier C3. The telemicroscope is provided with a focus knob FK whichprovides conventional motion to bring the eyepiece into focus for theeye of the observer. The telemicroscope is also provided with anyconventional reticule arrangement for sighting a particular point alongthe optical axis.

A condensing lens CL is also mounted to the optical bench by a carrierC4, located between the prism P and the condensing lens CL is abeam-splitting mirror BSM which is illuminated by an illuminator ILLintegrally mounted onto a retractable support not shown in FIG. 1. Shownholding the substrate SH is a compound rnanipulator which itself isattached to the optical bench by a carrier C5. The compound manipulatoris provided with an X axis control knob X1, 2. Y axis control knob Y1,and a Z axis control knob Z1. From the substrate holder emerges at leasttwo electrical connectors to a bridge circuit, not shown, and includinga meter 30, such as voltmeter as illustrated. Plane mirrors, MIR, areattached to the X and Y positioning shafts or control knobs by anysuitable means such as small magnets.

As can be seen more clearly in FIG. lb, a projected slit image fromlight source LS reflects from these mirrors onto a viewing scale VS toestablish shaft position reference points for the control knob. It willbe apparent that at any given position, the slit image of the lightsource LS is focused by the projection lens onto the mirror, MI R, andis in turn reflected from it onto the viewing scale VS. The usualreflection law, of course, applies so that the angle of reflection isequal to the angle of incidence. Hence, if the control knob is movedthrough any given angle 0, the point on the viewing scale will be movedthrough an angle 20, which is twice as great as the angle of motion ofthe control knob. It is thus possible to get a very accurate reading ofthe angle of rotation of the control knob. In practice, of course, suchan optical galvanometer arrangement is provided for the control knob ofeach of the two axes in which it is desired to move the substrate aswill be more apparent from the discussion below; Actually, the viewingscales may either be placed separately, or may comprise the two edges ofa single viewing scale arrangement, if the angle of projection iscorrectly arranged.

The X axis is taken to be the axis along the optical bench support andis therefore parallel to the optical axis of projection of the laserbeam LB. The Y axis, as is conventional notation, is considered to be inthehorizontal plane of the optical bench and perpendicular to the Xaxis, whereas the Z axis is taken as the vertical axis and is thusparallel to the viewing avis of the telemicroscope. It may, forconvenience of positioning, be desired to move the substrate along the Xaxisflbut there is no need for measuring the control knob motionsproducing this motion, since it does not contribute to relativepositioning of the laser beam and the substrate. It is the motions ofthe control knobs for the Y and Z axes which it is desired to measureand display by means ofthe op tical galvanometer arrangement.

In operation, the apparatus is first calibrated by positioning anyconvenient target in the compound manipulator and turning on the laserto burn a spot on the target surface so as to define the optical pathalong which the laser beam is travelling. During this calibration step,or whenever the laser beam is turned on, the prism P is swung on itshinge down out of the optical path and the illuminated beam splitter isalso moved out of the optical path to permit free passage of the laserbeam through the condensing lens onto the substrate. After thecalibrating spot has been made to provide a record of the location ofthe optical axis, the prism and beam splitting mirror are moved backinto the optical path and the telemicroscope is focused on the substrateso that its reticule defining the viewing axis of the telemicroscope ispositioned on the image of the spot burned by the laser beam.Thereafter, the relative position of the condensing lens, thetelemicroscope and laser having been thus adjusted, they are left infixed relationship to each other and only the substrate is moved by thecompound manipulator.

Once the apparatus has been thus calibarted, the resistor trimmingoperation consists of two phases. First, the actual substrate on which aresistor to be trimmed exists is positioned onto the manipulator and theresistor pattern thereof is aligned with the crosshairs of thetelemicroscope. During this operation, of course, the optical prismmeans is in its first or calibrating position in wthich it deflects anypossible light from the laser (should it be accidentally turned on) outof the optical path by virtue of being mounted on an opaque backingplate. However, light from the illuminator is reflected first by thehalf silvered beam splitting mirror so that it passes through thecondensing lens onto the target held by the manipulator and is reflectedback along the optical axis into the prism which reflects it as a angleup the viewing axis of the telemicroscope so that the target can bemoved to bring it into alignment with the reticule at its desired point.It has previously been established that this adjustment also defines thepoint on which the laser beam will impinge when it is turned on. Theobserver is able to view the image of the substrate with light providedby the illuminator and move it to bring the desired point into alignmentwith the reticule of the telemicroscope. This he does by manipulatingthe Y and Z inputs of the compound manipulator to align the resistorwith the crosshairs or other reticule arrangement. After the alignmentof the substrate, the projected slits from the mirrors on the Y and Zaxis control knobs are focused onto the respective viewer scales VS andreferenced with respect to the starting of a resistor bar as viewedthrough the eyepiece. The viewer scale reference stops are notedinitially and the Y and Z axes control knobs are turned through theangle necessary to bring the reticule defined point to the opposite endof the given resistor bar. Again, the final viewer scale positioned isread and noted. The reading of the optical galvanometer has thusprovided two sets of coordinates defining the beginning and end of theresistor so that the substrate can be moved through the necessary locuswithout the viewer having his eye to the telemicroscope and without theprism being in the optical axis.

The second or operative phase of the operation is initiated by rotatingthe prism P clockwise or down in the drawing so as to allow the laserbeam LB to pass through the telemicroscope housing unobstructed. Themirror BSM is retracted out of the laser beam path and the laser L isturned on either from the power supply or a remote control knob. Thelaser beam then emerges from the exit side of the laser and is focusedby the condensing lens onto the resistor as previously seen in theeyepiece. By turning the appropriate Y and Z axis control knob, the beamcan be made to traverse the resistor beween arbitrarily determined"viewer stops, thereby exposing the resistor to the laser beam along thelocus defined by these stops and hence causing the resistance of theresistor to change. The change in resistance can simultaneously be readby noting the meter reading 30 of an electrical bridge circuit connectedin circuit with the actual resistor being trimmed. The resistor trimmingcan, of course, be initiated from either end of the resistor. That is tosay, it can be initiated from the second reading taken in the firstphase or by first going back and starting over again from the firstreading. The transverse of the resistor surface is continued betweenviewer stops until the meter reading coincides with a predetermined ordesired value of resistance. The second or operative phase is thuscompleted, the laser is turned off and the optical prism means is movedout of its retracted operative position back into the first orcalibrating position. The operator is now ready to dismount thesubstrate which has been trimmed, to position a new substrate on themanipulator and to again carry out the above-described sequence ofsteps.

The instrument thus permits an operator to position and reference asubstrate very accurately within the field of view of the telemicroscopeafter having aligned the laser beam and the viewing optics to be axiallycoincident. It also permits the operator to anneal or heat treat theresistors at or below their threshold of resistance change to improvestability and temperature coeificient of resistance or to anneal or heattreat resistors at or above their threshold of resistance change tochange resistor values. Depending upon the type of resistance materialand its percentage composition, the laser heating can be used to raiseor lower resistance values. The instrument also permits the operator tosharply focus the laser beam on an accurately predetermined spot andevaporate a part of the resistor thereby raising the value of theresistor if the need exists. The sharpness of focusing, of course, ispurely a functioning of the laser control system and the condensinglens. By incorporating the galvanometer mirrors with control knobrotation and referencing to the viewer scale, extreme precision ofadjustment is possible in either the Y or Z directions. The instrumentalso permits localized heating for selected areas of thin film or othertarget materials. The instrument can thus be used to improve electricalcontacts in microcircuits in a manner equivalent to the sinteringprocedure used to make ohmic contact between aluminum and silicon. Ofcourse more generally, the instrument can be used to focus a laser beamor any target material and permit the movable positioning of the targetthrough a known and predetermined pattern of locus with respect to themeasurable and predictable point of impact or optical axis of the laserbeam. Thus, by moving the target through precisely controlled motionswith respect to a fixed position laser "beam and providing auxiliaryoptics to define these target motions, it has been found possible toachieve a much higher degree of control, safety, and ease of operationthan has heretofore been achieved.

It will, of course, be understood that many product designs could beevolved incorporating the optical arrangement illustrated in principlein FIGS. 1a and 1b. A laboratory prototype of such apparatus is shown ingreater detail by way of example in FIG. 2.

In FIG. 2, the optical bench OB comprises a generally triangular shapedrod extending in the X axis direction and supported at both ends by feetor extensions 11. A conventional laser L is mounted by a carrier C2 tothe bar 10. The carrier C2 is adjustable in position by set' screws orany other conventional means. The laser L has an output port lens systemindicated generally at 12. The laser used is any suitable conventionaldevice of a power range and output suitable for the particularapplication. The output from lens system 12 is directed along theoptical axis 0A of the system. This optical axis is generally parallelto the bar 10 and lies in the direction which we have defined as the Xaxis. The viewing axis VA of the telemicroscope TM, on the other ha d,lies along the Z axis and intersects the optical axis 0A orthogonally todefine the ZX plane. The viewing axis is, of course, the '75 6 axis ofthe telemicroscope and passes through the reticule thereof.

The telemicroscopic TM is mounted to the bar 10 of the optical bench bya movable carrier C3. Protruding upwardly from carrier C3 is a verticalshaft 12 supporting a housing 13 to the top of which the objective lensand barrel or primary body of the telemicroscope TM is mounted. In thehousing 13 there is an aperture 14 which lies in the optical axis of thesystem so as to permit the output of the laser to pass through theaperture. The prism P is mounted on an opaque plate or supporting member15 which is hinged by hinge member 16 to the front of the bottom surfaceof the generally U shape housing 13. The prism P is shown in solid linein its first or calibrating position. In this postion, the opaque plate15 precludes the possibility of any light from the laser L beingreflected up into the eye of the viewer through the telemicroscope sinceit rests against the back of the housing 13 in such a manner as to blockthe aperture 14, thereby preventing the transmission of the laser beameven if the laser is accidentally turned on. The prism P is supported bythe plate 15 in such position that it lies at the intersection of theviewing axis VA and the optical axis 0A of the system. Hence, in theposition shown in solid line, the operator viewing through thetelemicroscope is in effect looking along the optical axis of thesystemfrom the prism, since the image transmitted back from thesubstrate SH is reflected up into the telemicroscope by the well-knownmirror action of the prism P. In thedashed line position, the prism Phas been swung on its hinged plate 15 down out of the optical axis sothat light from the laser beam can be transmitted along the opticalaxis. In this position, however, it will be noted that there is notransmission of any light up through the telemicroscope from the opticalaxis of the system. That is, there is no prism or mirror surfacereflecting light either from the laser or from the substrate along the Zdirection in which the viewing axis of the telemicroscope lies. Ofcourse, it will be understood that not only is the carrier C3 adjustablealong the rod 10, but also the telemicroscope itself is adjustable byconventional means along the Z azis and is provided with the usualfocusing arrangement.

Adjacent to the telemicroscope is a carrier C7 also attached to the bar10 of the optical bench. On the carrier C7 there is mounted by a ringclamp 17 a tubular housing 18 in which the ,beam splitting mirror BSM ismounted at an angle of 45 to the optical axis. The housing 18 is movableup and down the supporting rod 19 which is attached to carrier C7 sothat it too can be moved in and out of the optical axis path. In thedrawing, the solid line position shows the beam splitting mirror in theoptical axis cooperating with the prism to facilitate the first orcalibrating phase of the operation. The dotted line position of thehousing 18 shows the beam splitting mirror moved up out of the opticalpath so as to permit free transmission of the laser beam. Although thebeam splitting mirror and the prism are shown as separate elementswithout any mechanical connections other than common support, it will beobvious that a linkage could readily be provided in a commercial type ofapparatus so that movement of a handle to one of two positions would,through linkages, move both the prism and the housing 18 into or out ofthe optical axis. In the position of these elements shown in solid linein FIG. 2, such a linkage arrangement would preferably also lock theswitch of the laser power supply in an off position.

The illuminator ILL is supported on carrier'C6 attached to the opticalbench in such fashion that the light output from its objective lens 20is directed upwardly through an aperture 21 in the housing 18 onto thebeam splitting mirror BSM.

Adjacent to the illuminator, a carrier,C4 attached to the optical benchsupports the usual housing for a condensing lens indicated generally atCL. This condensinglens focuses the output of the laser onto the targetsubstrate SH in the operative position and also serves to form an imageof this target in the calibrating position.

The carrier C supports on the optical bench the compound manipulatorindicated generally by the reference character 22. This manipulator maybe of any conventional type commercially available wherein a series ofgears and rack and pinion movement devices supports a plate member 23for accurately controlled movement. The substrate SH is supported onplate 23 by any convenient attaching means such as screws, clamps or thelike and is provided with a plurality of electrical output terminals 24which in operation provide output leads for attachment to the meter Mshown in FIG. 1 but not included in FIG. 2. It will, of course, beunderstood that the meter or bridge circuit can be any separatelyavailable conventional resistance measuring means. The manipulater 22 isprovided with a first knob Y1 and a second knob Z1 attached to the endsof shafts protruding from a housing 24 integral with the carrier C5. Therotation of control knob Y1 actuates a gear train which causes thesubstrate supporting plate 23 to move to the left or right along the Yaxis in accordance with the direction in which the knob is turned.Rather than attaching the mirrors directly to these control knobs assuggested in FIG. 1, the apparatus shown in FIG. 2 is such that theshaft from the knob actuates bevel gears which in turn actuates shafts25 and 26 protruding out of the housing 24 on the left and right sidesthereof, respectively. The mirror MIR is attached to a shaft which isactuated by the bevel gear moved in turn by the Y knob, whereas themirror MIR is attached to the shaft which is moved by the motion of theZ knob. The purpose of this arrangement is to permit a single viewingscale VS to be used to record the motions in the two directions. Thus,the light sources LS LS are attached to a carrier C8 and have the slitand projection lens integral with them. The output from these lightsources is directed as indicated by thedashed lines onto the respectivemirrors and from the mirrors is reflected onto the associated scales ofthe viewer VS.

The substrate SH is shown to a greatly enlarged scale and in muchgreater detail in FIGS. 3 and 4, FIG. 4 being a sectional view taken onthe line 4-4 of FIG. 3. The arrangement shown here is one wherein awafer of silicon 110 having resistors 122, 123, and 124 depositedthereon is enclosed in a flat pack arrangement 111 which is providedwith a Kovar housing 113 to which a glass or other transparent cover 112has been attached as taught in the above-noted copending application.Protruding through the walls of the Kovar housing are electricalcondoctors 116 which are to be connected to the terminals 24 shown inFIG. 2. The plan view of FIG. 4 illustrates a typical arrangement of atest resistor pattern which may be a thin film strip of cermet resistivematerial deposited on the silicon wafer 110. The exact value of thisresistance can be trimmed or adjusted by the instrument disclosed hereinwhen operated as described above by moving the wafer 110 in such afashion that the focussed beam of the laser traverses the resistor untilit has achieved the desired resistance value as measured by the meter.

While a convenient optical bench arrangement of essential parts in theirdesired optical relationship has been illustrated in detail, it will beapparent that many other supporting arrangements, housings, viewingangles and the like could be devised while yet retaining the essentialfeatures set forth above.

What is claimed is:

1. Laser movable target positioning apparatus comprising:

(a) means to movably support a target;

(b) means to transmit and focus a laser beam along a predetermined pathonto a portion of said target;

(0) a telemicroscope having a point defining reticle positioned in theviewing axis thereof, said viewing axis intersecting said optical pathbetween said laser beam and said target;

(d) calibrating image forming means retractably positioned in saidoptical path;

(e) optical means movably positioned at the intersection of said opticalpath and said viewing axis, said optical means having a firstcalibrating position in which it deflects said laser beam from saidoptical path and prevents said laser beam from entering the viewing axisof said telemicroscope and simultaneously diverts light reflected fromsaid target along said optical path by said image forming means intosaid viewing axis, and said optical means having a second operativeposition and in which light from said target is not diverted into saidviewing axis and in which light from said laser is transmitted alongsaid optical path to said target; and

(f) means to precisely indicate the variation in the position of saidtarget resulting from movements of said target support means, whereby apreselected area of said target may be successively illuminated by saidlaser beam.

2. Apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said target position indicating meanscomprise an optical galvanometer including a mirror attached to a memberwhich controls the motion of said means to movably support said target,a light source focused on said mirror, and a graduated scale positionedto receive the image of said light source reflected from said mirror,said light source, said mirror, and said scale being arrangedgeometrically so that motion of said control member produces motion ofsaid image along said scale as a magnified measure of the extent ofmotion of said control member.

3. Laser movable target positioning apparatus comprising:

(a) means to movably support a target;

(b) means to transmit and focus a laser beam along -a predeterminedoptical axis onto a portion of said target;

(c) viewing means having a viewing axis intersecting said optical axisbetween said target and said laser beam;

(d) calibrating image forming means retractably positioned in saidoptical axis;

(e) optical means movably positioned at the intersection of said opticalaxis and said viewing axis, said optical means having a firstcalibrating position in which it deflects said laser beam from saidoptical axis and prevents said laser beam from entering the viewing axisand simultaneously diverts light reflected from said target along saidoptical axis by said image forming means. into said viewing axis, andsaid optical means having a second operative position in which it isremoved from said o tical axis to permit light from said laser to betransmitted along said optical axis to said target; and

(f) means to precisely indicate the variation in the position of saidtarget resulting from movements of said target support means, whereby apreselected area of said target may be successively illuminated by saidlaser beam.

4. Apparatus for laser trimming of microcircuit elements comprising:

(a) means to movably support a target;

(b) means to precisely display the variation in the position of saidtarget resulting from movements of said target support means;

(c) a laser light source and a telemicroscope mounted in predeterminablyfixed relationship to each other, said telemicroscope having a reticlecoaligned to view the spot on said target on which said laser beam isfocused;

(d) calibrating means to permit the alignment of said target with saidreticule before activating said laser; and

9 10 (e) means to limit the level of laser radiation which 3, 65,8558/1966 Norton 331-94.5 can be transmitted through said telemicroscope to3,392,258 7/1968 Bruma et a1. 33 l94.5

preclude the occurrence of dangerous radiation.

RONALD L. WIBERT, Primary Examiner References 5 P. K. GODWIN, 1a.,Assistant Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,288,243 6/1942 Hyde 3s0 2ss3,096,767 7/1963 Gresser et al 331 94,5 219-229;, 350-285

